Woodrow Wilson Community School

Woodrow Wilson Community School is one of the sizable elementary schools in BAYONNE, New Jersey, overseen by Bayonne School District, with 740 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 83% bigger than typical.

Bayonne School District comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 10,325 students; Woodrow Wilson Community School is among them.

Demographically, Woodrow Wilson Community School shows that the most-represented group is White (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 28% Hispanic, 18% Black, 11% Asian, 5% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Woodrow Wilson Community School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Woodrow Wilson Community School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.3%, the actual is 36.2%, a residual of +6.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Hudson County shows the typical household earns roughly $91,795 per year, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hudson County runs 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,216 students), of which Woodrow Wilson Community School is one.

Ezra L. Nolan School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Woodrow Wilson Community School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 40.3%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 6%: 700 students in 2018 compared to 740 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment rose from 8% to 18% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.